Quotes About Progress

Todas las novedades que la bullen a V. en esa cabecita revolucionaria... serán muy buenas en otros países de Europa o del Nuevo Mundo; lo serán tal vez aquí en mil novecientos ochenta; lo que es ahora... ¡desdichada de V. si se obstina en ir contra la corriente!

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we have each had a commencement, and each stumbled and tottered on the threshold, and had our teachers scorned, instead of aiding us, we should stumble and totter yet.

I have a good many books on hand, but I am sorry to say that as usual I make small progress with any.

a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects;

Ognuno di noi ha dovuto cominciare, incespicando e barcollando sulla soglia, e se i nostri insegnanti ci avessero scherniti anziché aiutarci, continueremmo ancora oggi a incespicare e a barcollare.

Why must these people go on, and on, copying, copying fragments of old relics from extinct churches, and old tombs as though those were the best that could ever be, and it would be a sacrilege to beat them? Why didn't they want to out-do the best, instead of copying, always copying what had been done?

The past is not a package one can lay away.

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

I GAINED it so, By climbing slow, By catching at the twigs that grow Between the bliss and me.

We never know how high we are, until we are called to rise. And then if we are true to plan, our statures tough the skies.

We never know how high we are until we are called to rise, and then if we are true to plan, out statures touch the skies.

I'll tell you how the sun rose, — A ribbon at a time.

I don't break up, I trade up

I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

We may not get do-overs in life, but we can always have fresh starts and new beginnings.

Time heals all wounds, particularly if you pack a bunch of stuff into that time.

You can't go back," he says. "Just look forward. You're doing the right thing now.

Nada es perfecto nunca [...]. Lo que cuenta es lo que tú haces.

Still, I don't like his use of the word fine. I want to be better than fine.

I've often let my goals supersede the journey—and the love of what I'm doing. A constant battle to stay in control, get to the next level, ensure that my life stays perfectly, carefully scripted.

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Maybe someday I would be happy. —

I don't know why hurting means getting better.